Ground animals

[Riot]

Am I the only one that sees ground animals as a pointless and annoying addition? Back when the tool tip on fences said there wasn't a use for them yet. I assumed they would be used for a real security reason, not keeping some meaningless animal out of the airport. Just don't see the point. However if we have to have them in the game, can the dev at least provide a means for removing them? like animal control. or more perferably just killing them?

[Agatha]

Security patrols are meant to remove them.

[difar]

Fences. Roads. Police patrol. They all work.
The devs are forcing folks to choose whether to sim or not to sim ACEO.

[Riot]

Originally posted by Versyth:

Security patrols are meant to remove them.

Really? Good to know a little weird but thanks.

[Chiefmouser]

But this doesn't really work.

[twiigss]

Originally posted by DImlord:

Am I the only one that sees ground animals as a pointless and annoying addition? Back when the tool tip on fences said there wasn't a use for them yet. I assumed they would be used for a real security reason, not keeping some meaningless animal out of the airport. Just don't see the point. However if we have to have them in the game, can the dev at least provide a means for removing them? like animal control. or more perferably just killing them?

I totally agree with you. Now I was thinking as I was reading your post. In the real world, if there weren't fences around airports, would they have to worry about wild animals coming onto the runway? I did see a youtube video of an airplane landing, that the landing gear literally runs over a deer.

Anyway, I just put up the fence and that seems to work. But yes it is annoying.

[SuperDave]

So if you go into sandbox there are settings now in which you can turn off animals or whatever else you want whilst still having the settings of a normal game

[ash]

Originally posted by difar:

Fences. Roads. Police patrol. They all work.
The devs are forcing folks to choose whether to sim or not to sim ACEO.

Do patrols really work? I've never seen an animal disappear as a police car passes. Great to know fences work though, it's a tough feature to implement.

Animals seem a rather pointless addition all round. Even the bird strike issue would be better as just a statistical thing that can be reduced by anti-bird strike tech.

"devs forcing folks to choose whether to sim or not to sim" What the...? That statement makes no sense.

[difar]

Originally posted by ash:

Do patrols really work? I've never seen an animal disappear as a police car passes. Great to know fences work though, it's a tough feature to implement.

Animals seem a rather pointless addition all round. Even the bird strike issue would be better as just a statistical thing that can be reduced by anti-bird strike tech.

"devs forcing folks to choose whether to sim or not to sim" What the...? That statement makes no sense.

Patrols around the airfield work, especially in those area where there is no fences.

Animals are a common sight around the airports. Deer, foxes, wolves are some of the most common animals. They can jump over fences, dig underneath and use concrete conduits to travel to and fro. I have yet to see a bird strike system that works. A good ole shotgun to disperse the flock seems to be the best truant.

You can not turn off emergency in normal game play. Hence you either play the game or you don't. You can not turn off animal(s) either.

[Kora]

The number of animals walking around is way to high and removing them is an incredible headache. The bird strikes make some sense and I'm guessing other emergencies are going to be implemented as time goes by.

[Broe]

sure they get into a political problem if they use fence to keep out other things. so animals easy and lest political problematic. think of them as statholder for "other things" who would interupt the airfield/security

[larobin]

I've not come across any animals yet by doing the following:
When you start a new game make a save straight away, or load an existing save. When saved, locate your save game in:
--> C:\Users\(your user)\AppData\Roaming\Apoapsis Studios\Airport CEO\Saves\
In the 'save' folder' open your 3 letter airport folder. In it you will find a file called GameData.json
Open this file with notepad and search for 'animal'. There should only be one and it reads:
animalsDisabled":false
Change this to true and no animals will appear on your screen :-)
(not tested far enough in-game though for bird issues)
Hope this helps!

[andycishere]

Originally posted by larobin:

I've not come across any animals yet by doing the following:
When you start a new game make a save straight away, or load an existing save. When saved, locate your save game in:
--> C:\Users\(your user)\AppData\Roaming\Apoapsis Studios\Airport CEO\Saves\
In the 'save' folder' open your 3 letter airport folder. In it you will find a file called GameData.json
Open this file with notepad and search for 'animal'. There should only be one and it reads:
animalsDisabled":false
Change this to true and no animals will appear on your screen :-)
(not tested far enough in-game though for bird issues)
Hope this helps!

That works. ;)

Do you play sandbox? If yes, animals are by default turned off in the advanced options when you start a sandbox game.

[Big Smoke]

Originally posted by andycishere:

Originally posted by larobin:

I've not come across any animals yet by doing the following:
When you start a new game make a save straight away, or load an existing save. When saved, locate your save game in:
--> C:\Users\(your user)\AppData\Roaming\Apoapsis Studios\Airport CEO\Saves\
In the 'save' folder' open your 3 letter airport folder. In it you will find a file called GameData.json
Open this file with notepad and search for 'animal'. There should only be one and it reads:
animalsDisabled":false
Change this to true and no animals will appear on your screen :-)
(not tested far enough in-game though for bird issues)
Hope this helps!

That works. ;)

Do you play sandbox? If yes, animals are by default turned off in the advanced options when you start a sandbox game.

But if you disable animals in sandbox then does that also disable birds?